First, the photos of all finalists and group shots of participants are in the imgur link at the bottom of the original post, go look at all of them!
Second, it's me, Ben Franklinstein! (Better known as @Crosswalk) Thank you for all the kind congratulations both in-game an via Discord, it is an honour, and I'm not just being mushy here; I have a short anecdote to share with y'all:
I played a lot of CoH back in the Live days. A lot. I loved the costume creator most of all. I had drifted away from CoH in the last few years of Live, but I still missed it for years after it shut down. However: farting around in the costume creator led me to an education in Fine Arts and 3D animation, and Freelance illustration. I don't consider any of my CoH Live time wasted. Who knows how long anything can last, in the long run, but love the things you love, and they'll love you back.
P.S. is there a way for me to embed a small animated .GIF or .MP4 here? 😄